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OPINION

K of C makes difference for all

We all know there are untold "back stories" that go with the news stories we hear. You might think those are probably less significant or unreliable since they almost never get popular media documentation. I want to share one of those true stories with you about an unsung hero that will never get in the news unless I tell you about it.

The world around us as viewed through the lens of most mainstream news sources is bigoted, racist, selfish, perverted and hypocritical. However, the truth is a completely different story. Listen to this.

In the midst of a firestorm created by the claims to "women's rights" and "abortion rights," one organization is truly making a huge difference for the benefit of all.

In September of last year, there was an event held at a local church in which speakers from two different pregnancy centers in Muncie and Anderson were talking with a third speaker who represented the Indiana Knights of Columbus. The end result of that unplanned private exchange of needs expressed in their conversation is today a very tangible and extremely valuable piece of cutting-edge technology known as "ultra-sound" – delivered by the Knights because of their long-standing care for the most vulnerable in our society, the unborn.

You may wonder why that is so important. Here's why:

In the United States over the past 40 years, there have been more than 56 millionlegalized abortions documented by the Guttmacher Institute, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood.

Now that medical technology such as ultra-sound allows us to see the true picture of humanity in its various stages of embryonic development, it is even more necessary to provide the same mantle of protection for them that is cherished by all citizens of this great nation and is accorded by the First Amendment to our Constitution – the fundamental right to life itself. Think, for example, how our nation might be strengthened today with 56 million more folks doing the jobs that are required to bolster our sagging economy.

Now with these facts in mind, let's go back to what is being done by the Knights of Columbus everywhere throughout the United States. There are more than five hundred of these machines that are in use today because of their vision and compassion for those of us who cannot speak for themselves – unborn humanity.

When an abortion-prone person can actually see the new person moving inside the protective womb of its mother, there are very few who wish to continue the pursuit of abortion.

Ultra-sound technology, now freely available in pregnancy centers, is administered by medical sonographers. The vast majority of women upon learning the actual truth choose life for their child. It's only natural. It's also God's plan for humanity. So, there is an "unsung hero" working among us and that is the Knights of Columbus.

To them we need to send an enormous salute, thanking them for helping to turn our nation toward the direction that God intends — one that celebrates all of God's creation — one that values the sanctity of human life itself above anything else.